Prince Harry resigns from his own charity amid internal row
Prince Harry has resigned from his position as co-founder of the African charity Sentebale, set up in honor of his mother, Princess Diana.
unbranded – Entertainment
Prince Harry was rushed out of court in the U.K during a fan outburst Wednesday.
The Duke of Sussex headed to court Tuesday for a two-day appeal hearing surrounding the British government’s choice to strip him of security while in the country after he stepped back from his role as a working royal in January 2020.
The apparent fan made critical comments Wednesday about the press, according to People and BBC News, and Harry was escorted out of the courtroom. Reps for Harry declined to comment Wednesday to USA TODAY.
King Charles III’s youngest son is trying to overturn a decision by the Home Office, which oversees the country’s policing and decided in February 2020 that he would not automatically receive personal security detail while in Britain.
Last year, the High Court in London ruled that the decision was lawful and refused to let him challenge that ruling in a higher court. However, an appeals court agreed to hear the case following a direct application from Harry’s lawyers.
The appeal is just one of several lawsuits or legal issues involving the litigious father of two, 40, who has been entangled in more than a half-dozen lawsuits in both the U.S. and England against various media entities.
Harry has long held a particular grievance against the American and British press, anchored in part to his contention that paparazzi were to blame for the 1997 paparazzi chase and resulting car accident that killed his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed trying to flee photographers in Paris.
The catastrophic event is a catalyst for Harry and wife Meghan’s approach to the media and their handling of the royal exit, which was done in part over the couple’s mental health concerns.
Harry’s lawyers have criticized the decision to revoke his security, pointing to threats from terrorist group Al Qaeda and the couple’s own 2023 paparazzi chase.
In a statement to USA TODAY and other media outlets at the time, Harry and Duchess Meghan’s office said it was a “near catastrophic” event. The chase occurred after the Netflix stars left a charity event in New York City.
Harry’s lawyer Shaheed Fatima said Tuesday in court that the agency, which protects royal and public figures, had treated Harry on a “bespoke” basis not applied to anyone else.
“It means he has been singled out for different, unjustified and inferior treatment,” she said, saying he was not seeking to be treated as he was when he was a working member of the royal family.
After leaving his role as a working royal, Harry retreated to his mom Diana and wife Meghan’s beloved California, where the latter was born and raised. Their love story and subsequent departure from the royal family, once dubbed by the British tabloids as “Megxit,” was detailed in the hit Netflix documentary “Harry & Meghan” in 2022.
Contributing: Morgan Hines and Marco della Cava, USA TODAY; Michael Holden and Sam Tobin, Reuters
Leave a Reply